London, Nov.

London, Nov 15 : People who dismissed fake Christmas trees as ‘naff’ will now have to eat up their own words, for a department store in London is now selling "the most realistic fake tree ever" and making quite a fortune out of it.

Design experts have claimed that fake Christmas trees, for decades considered the height of naffness, have now come of age.

John Lewis, one of the country''s biggest sellers of faux trees, many people will be fooled by the 6-foot, Woodland Tree, sold at his store.

The tree is complete with spindly branches, needles on the trunk, and little pinecones on the branches.

London, Nov. 15 : The first of seven one-day internationals between England and India in Rajkot was so one-sided, that former England Test cricketer and now cricket writer Derek Pringle has said that England had no choice but to bow to a superior force.

Writing in The Telegraph, Pringle says: “To lose a one-day international in India is nothing new for visiting teams, but to lose one by 158 runs over 50 overs is to bow to a superior force”.

London, November 15 : Using James Bond-style spy gear to help Chinese immigrants cheat on British citizenship tests has landed two men in jail.

The duo used hi-tech hidden cameras, transmitters and surveillance gadgets to tell right answers to the candidates sitting the Life in the UK test, which is the last step towards earning British citizenship and passport.

Those taking the test in Wimbledon library, south west London, were equipped with a hidden shirt buttonhole camera, microphone, and earpiece.

London, Nov 15 : Pop paedophile Gary Glitter’s brick on the Cavern Club''s Wall of Fame has been removed, and replaced by the name of the lead singer of The Mighty Wah!

The brick had caused outrage and had been asked to be removed, but the management of the club had originally refused to replace it, saying that it was “a historical document”.

London, Nov 15 : Cancer stricken Jade Goody is set to defy doctors’ orders by going on a Christmas holiday with her two kids.

The Big Brother star has been finding it hard to cope with the gruelling chemotherapy, but insists that it would not let it pound her.

Goody is planning to take two sons Bobby, five and Freddie, four for a holiday.

She has also allowed Living TV cameras into her home for a documentary after they followed her through her initial operation and recovery.